ENSC 1003 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Environmentalism stemming from the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring differed from
earlier North American conservation perspectives by_________. - CORRECT ANSWER
Placing more emphasis on pollution problems.
Apple recently made an environmental upgrade to their iPhones. According to the news article
presented in class, what upgrades were made and what is the end result? - CORRECT ANSWER
1. Use of aluminum phone enclosures; reduced carbon footprint
2. Investments in hydroelectric power; reduced carbon footprint
________ founded the Wilderness Society, authored A Sand County Almanac, and argued for
stewardship of the land. - CORRECT ANSWER Aldo Leopold
Sustainable development means - CORRECT ANSWER meeting the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs.
Networks of interdependent components and processes with materials flowing from one component to
another are known as _________? - CORRECT ANSWER systems
INTRAspecific competition is competition among ______ for resources. - CORRECT ANSWER
members of a single species.
In a commensal relationship, _________ - CORRECT ANSWER one species benefits while
the other neither suffers nor benefits
"Abundance" describes the total number of ________ while "diversity" describes the number of
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER Organisms in a community; species in a community.
Complexity in an ecological community has to do with the number of _________. - CORRECT
ANSWER species at each trophic level.
, Primary succession occurs when a community develops _________ while secondary succession
occurs when one ________. - CORRECT ANSWER on unoccupied ground; biological
community replaces another.
As a rule, near the Earth's north & south poles_________. - CORRECT ANSWER abundance
is high & diversity is low.
Which of the following is/are an example(s) of deductive reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER
All insects have 6 legs, these butterflies have sex legs, therefore these butterflies are insects.
This year's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is the driest it's been in the past 500 years. How
did scientists reach this conclusion? - CORRECT ANSWER They evaluated oak tree rings.
The distinction between an organic compound & an inorganic compound is that organic compounds
contain________? - CORRECT ANSWER Carbon
Pragmatic conservationists, including Pinchot & Theodore Roosevelt, support forest conservation in
order to protect _______ ? - CORRECT ANSWER woods, jobs, & recreation for people.
Environment can de defined as __________ ? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Circumstances or
conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms
2. All the biotic & abiotic external conditions that affect an organism or group of organisms.
3. Complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or community.
*ALL OF THE ABOVE*
An interdisciplinary study of how humanity affects other living organisms and the nonliving physical
environment is a definition of ________ ? - CORRECT ANSWER Environmental science
When organic nitrogen such as protein is added to soil, denitrification of nitrogen in the protein will
occur when conditions are _________ ? - CORRECT ANSWER Aerobic followed by
anaerobic
*WILL be on exam*
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Environmentalism stemming from the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring differed from
earlier North American conservation perspectives by_________. - CORRECT ANSWER
Placing more emphasis on pollution problems.
Apple recently made an environmental upgrade to their iPhones. According to the news article
presented in class, what upgrades were made and what is the end result? - CORRECT ANSWER
1. Use of aluminum phone enclosures; reduced carbon footprint
2. Investments in hydroelectric power; reduced carbon footprint
________ founded the Wilderness Society, authored A Sand County Almanac, and argued for
stewardship of the land. - CORRECT ANSWER Aldo Leopold
Sustainable development means - CORRECT ANSWER meeting the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs.
Networks of interdependent components and processes with materials flowing from one component to
another are known as _________? - CORRECT ANSWER systems
INTRAspecific competition is competition among ______ for resources. - CORRECT ANSWER
members of a single species.
In a commensal relationship, _________ - CORRECT ANSWER one species benefits while
the other neither suffers nor benefits
"Abundance" describes the total number of ________ while "diversity" describes the number of
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER Organisms in a community; species in a community.
Complexity in an ecological community has to do with the number of _________. - CORRECT
ANSWER species at each trophic level.
, Primary succession occurs when a community develops _________ while secondary succession
occurs when one ________. - CORRECT ANSWER on unoccupied ground; biological
community replaces another.
As a rule, near the Earth's north & south poles_________. - CORRECT ANSWER abundance
is high & diversity is low.
Which of the following is/are an example(s) of deductive reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER
All insects have 6 legs, these butterflies have sex legs, therefore these butterflies are insects.
This year's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is the driest it's been in the past 500 years. How
did scientists reach this conclusion? - CORRECT ANSWER They evaluated oak tree rings.
The distinction between an organic compound & an inorganic compound is that organic compounds
contain________? - CORRECT ANSWER Carbon
Pragmatic conservationists, including Pinchot & Theodore Roosevelt, support forest conservation in
order to protect _______ ? - CORRECT ANSWER woods, jobs, & recreation for people.
Environment can de defined as __________ ? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Circumstances or
conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms
2. All the biotic & abiotic external conditions that affect an organism or group of organisms.
3. Complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or community.
*ALL OF THE ABOVE*
An interdisciplinary study of how humanity affects other living organisms and the nonliving physical
environment is a definition of ________ ? - CORRECT ANSWER Environmental science
When organic nitrogen such as protein is added to soil, denitrification of nitrogen in the protein will
occur when conditions are _________ ? - CORRECT ANSWER Aerobic followed by
anaerobic
*WILL be on exam*
